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étiquette

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French

Etymology

Middle French estiquette (“ticket, memorandum”) from Old French estiquette from estechier, estichier, estequier, estiquer "to attach, stick", (compare Picard estiquier "to stick, pierce"), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *stikkan, stikjan (“to stick, pierce, sting”) from Proto-Germanic *stikanan, *stikōjanan, *staikianan (“to be sharp, pierce, prick”) from Proto-Indo-European *st(e)ig-, *(s)teig- (“to be sharp, to stab, to goad, to puncture”). Akin to Old High German stehhan "to stick, attach, nail" (German stechen "to stick"), Old English stician "to pierce, stab, be fastened". The French Court of Louis XIV at Versailles used étiquettes, "little cards", to remind courtiers to keep off of the grass and similar rules. More at stick (verb), stitch.

Noun

étiquette f. (plural étiquettes)

  1. tag, label
  2. etiquette, prescribed behavior

 

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